Hello all. My first post to your forum and my first campaign.

The first of three figures for my 1/16 vignette. A few minor details and weathering to do once I get the groundwork underway.

Hello Tresni !
First off, welcome to Armorama! Then, I must say thats a very well done figure you have there. Nice painting and detailing work! Hope you enjoy the campaign, it is fun and always a learning experiance.
Once again, welcome aboard the Big A !

Cheers,

Garry

Looks good. I did see some stuff that might need to be changed.
1.) I dont think germans issued brown pants. Those are actually italian pants also.
2.)Ive never seen a gun holster that color, the feild issue was just black.
3.) The zeltbahn wasnt a brown either, those either came in Italian camo, SS camo, werhmacht heer camo, or regular feild grau.
4.) The paint on his foot chipped off.
5.) The pistol needs to be drywashed with some gunmetal.
6.)The ammo container for the MG on his belt could use some drybrushing on it.
7.) The insides of his tunic on his sleeve are showing. You could paint those green since its a reversable tunic. (You dont need to do that really )

I do like the shovel alot. The facial painting is outstanding although there is somthing about his head warmer that makes his face looks funny. Keep us posted.

Oh, and a big welcome to the big A. Im glad to have you here. you have some outstanding painting skills.

Thanks for the comments. Those were some of the little things that became more noticeable once I looked at the pictures.

I just read an article about the German propaganda photos of the Poteau ambush the figure is taken from and the pistol is actually a Belgian made 9mm that was issued to the German forces that was virtually identical to the US 45. So, yes I will have to repaint the holster.

The pants and poncho are "liberated" US Army kit.

I may need to add a bit of a shadow to the inside edge of the head warmer.

Tersni:
Welcome to the site. Nice looking figure and you are correct about the handgun and the rain gear. The EXACT color of that "liberated" American equipment has been debated for years!

Nice job on the camo on the helmet, I assume that was done with an airbrush?

The flesh tones look nice, if possible can you get a few shots in a more natural light withouth the flash?

Just one little tweak I see and this is the bane of ALL plastic ammo belts, it seems to be sticking up slightly on his right side. After melting several of these belts I know the "fun" they can be!

great work, please keep us updated!

Well dear Tresni , i hope u have a good stay at Armorama and also keep that great work u show us. Beeing doing a 1/16 vigniette is not something usual and needs some nerve and courage most people dont have. So for this alone u are to be congratulates. Ur figure work has some very good points as flesh and generall painting . Face looks good and the overal impression is what i "judge" on a figure and thats good in geberal. PLease dont hesitate to do posts on things u have in ur gallery since all people's work should be presented leaving others to see and learn and also letting ourelves to be commented and correct some things .
Welcome to Armorama my friend. u ll be great here , remember that

Costas

I am guessing some of the color variations may be due to the poor lighting. Things will certainly look different in brighter light.

In picture 3 the bullets are floating off his chest. THey should be tight against the body

Excellent looking trooper

I took a couple of quick pics outside today in an appropriately winter setting (currently a high of -19 C).

You are right the ammo belt was "fun". I've got to stick that end back down.

The helmet cam was done using a very small stencil brush (the short bristle type used for fine work on wall stencils), about 1/8 dia. It's like drybrushing, but you dab the paint on in thin layers, building up the opacity until you're happy.